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Archive Home > 2011 > February > 08 > Maria Altmann, who fought for return of art seized by Nazis, dies

Maria Altmann, who fought for return of art seized by Nazis, dies

By Anne-Marie O’Connor / The Bulletin
February 8, 2011

LOS ANGELES — Maria Altmann, who escaped Nazi-occupied Vienna as a newlywed and returned to wage a triumphant fight to recover Gustav Klimt’s iconic gold portrait of her remarkable aunt, has died. She was 94.

Altmann died Monday at her home in the Cheviot Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles after....

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